What's mutually exclusive about laughing and pointing out the intellectual bankruptcy of that sentiment?What sentiment? That something is funny? You're asking what's mutually exclusive about laughing at something and pointing out that it's not funny?

And your second paragraph is rather confusing. It seems to agree with Sofa King...but no.

Reinaldo Arenas wrote in Antes que anochezca (Before Night Falls) that tyrannies are self-important, boring, and completely devoid of humor. It is not simply coincidence that those who dream of tyranny are also dull, humorless and self-important.

Don't like the -tard thing. I also didn't like Obama's Special Olympics slur. It seems to me that if people are to be used as an example of stupidity or incompetence, less vulnerable people can be picked out.

Audrey wrote: "The right's adoption of the slur "Eurotard" is a different story."Audrey, I know it is common for political animals to think in absolutes, but you do realize (I hope) that Trooper York really does sell clothes, Eurotard really is a "dance and active wear manufacturer" and knox really is an individual -- not a meme.

Eurotard is actually a brand of womens, ahem, under accessories. Trooper York did a blog on this. They are trying to compete with Spanx. I much prefer the term Euroturd. It is similar to Libturd and is more appropriate.

Please check the link before offering your knee-jerk response. You might see why this is so funny, then again, maybe not.

Trooper, you said something over there that's interesting to me. Since Spanx sell so well even in small sizes do you keep them stocked for maximum sales? My favorite local aquarium shop almost never has neon tetras. They get them in and they sell immediately because they're the most popular with little kids. This makes me ask why they don't buy huge quantities but the store acts like they're beholden to a single supplier. If it were me, I'd find multiple suppliers so they're always in stock. That, or breed them myself.

Chip Ahoy - Shipping fish is prohibitively expensive. You can't just ship Neon Tetras because the cost would far outweigh any returns. That's why pet stores tend to stick with just the one supplier unless they're dealing with high margin, exotic types.

As someone noted on Twitter, Insty linked to this blog post - not Trooper's. Aww. Troop should have gotten that link (and I'm sure Reynolds didn't mean to deprive him)...but maybe it will call attention to his blog, anyway.

Belatedly...very funny how a few jumped on this as a right wing thing. LOL.

What is really even more funny about shape wear is that some brands put a "pee-hole" in it so woman don't have to take it off to urinate. Now no one in their right mind would do that but it is pretty amusing that they include this as a feature and not a bug. What the hell are they thinking?